Texas Election Code

§ 141.001 — ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

EL § 141.001Title 9. CANDIDATES · Ch. 141. CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GENERALLY · Art. A. ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

Statute text

View on source

(a)To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must:

(1)be a United States citizen;

(2)be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as applicable;

(3)have not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A)totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B)partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

…

Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 417), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (H.B. 484), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1047 (H.B. 831), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2020.